/N: short chapter again i know, but it will get better, I just want to get this going, but don't want to have everything jumped in.
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Alina's Escape:
Princess Alina grabbed a knapsack that had been filled with food, water, and a spare set of clothes. Alina who was not used to breeches ran awkwardly to the barn, and Once inside she literally hoped on her horse, galloping behind the palace to the deep cliffs that lay behind it.
Hidden to all, but the few that knew about it was a trail leading down to a cave. With a ledge that lay above it and a tall wall of rocks on both sides of the path made it impossible to see. Also, because of the many turns you could only see a few feet in front and behind as it was.
Alina entered in the quiet cave a while later. Calling her magic she lit the cave, and her horse, was not afraid having done this many times.
The princess and her horse walked briskly through the silent cave, which lay a mile below the palace and the nearby grounds. As they moved silently they knew not of the events occurring above the cave. They knew not of the roaring fires now all around the palace, or the Clatito soldiers who had just searched the palace for the "hidden gem" prophesized to be the last piece needed to gain the power to take over kingdoms and become unstoppable to any nation or army that may stand in the way.
Although the horse's ear did twitch slightly, just barely, if even at all, picking up the angry scream that above ground echoed like booming cannons.
Perhaps if the princess had not been so troubled would have thought to stop and scry what was going on above the cave. Maybe she than would have heard the angry man scream at his soldiers for letting the girl escape. Perhaps Alina would see the mans Angry eyes, more red than brown gleam in his determine malice, as he vowed to capture the girl, stopping at nothing till her powers were drained from her and she lay dead and defeated.
But then again, maybe it was good she did not scry. For if Princess Alina had seen those eyes glowing like fire in the night, and seen his magic crackling around him, making a living Red flame that burned on his clothes but appeared to do no harm, she would have stopped and turned back around and turned herself in on the spot. Maybe she would then realize that she had no hope in escaping from Ezer, for no one had ever escaped from Ezer, and perhaps no one ever will. Maybe she would have realized that no matter how many times she escaped, he would always be looking for her, for Ezer always kept a vow.
But no, on ward Princess Alina and her horse went, oblivious to the wicked wrath that burned above the cave. Oblivious to the vow of her death above and worse yet, oblivious to what would happen if that vow came true.
